ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021
Demoralization and depression in Chinese cancer patients.
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- Factors correlated with demoralization among cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Pooled it
- An investigation of the effect of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy on demoralization, body image, and sexual function in Iranian women with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024Trial
- Characteristics and influencing factors of demoralization in ovarian cancer: a latent profile analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Observational
- Social support, resilience, and demoralization in patients with breast cancer: a moderated network analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric validation of the short-form mandarin Chinese demoralization scale for cancer patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Impact of social support on demoralization in patients with gynecological cancer: The chain mediating role of resourcefulness and resilience.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II) in cancer patients.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Demoralization and dignity loss in breast cancer: A network analysis and computer simulation study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- [Risk prediction of demoralization syndrome in patients with oral cancer].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2025Article
- Patient Dignity on the Demoralization and Quality of Life of Inpatients with Cancer: Cross-sectional study.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2025Article
- The status and determinants of demoralization in patients with colorectal cancer: a cross-sectional study in China.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Article
- The mediating effect of positive coping in the association between inner strength and demoralization in lung cancer chemotherapy patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Demoralization in breast cancer survivors.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity of demoralization syndrome in Chinese cancer patients: an optimal cut-off threshold for the demoralization scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Interrelationship of Benefit Finding, Demoralization, and Stigma among Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Their Caregivers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Research progress on the psychological burden and intervention measures in cancer patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- The psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Demoralization Scale (DS-II) in women with breast cancer.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties and normative values of the revised demoralization scale (DS-II) in a representative sample of the German general population.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Factors associated with PTSD symptoms and quality of life among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Demoralization profiles and their association with depression and quality of life in Chinese patients with cancer: a latent class analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveDemoralization and depression are common in cancer patients and closely related to suicide. But the association and difference between them are not clear. The aim of this study is to investigate demoralization and depression in Chinese cancer patients.
methodsThis study is a cross-sectional study. Two hundred ninety-six cancer patients completed the questionnaire. First is using the DS-II to evaluate demoralization in advanced cancer patients and using the PHQ-9 to evaluate their depression. Then determine the association between demoralization and depression by Pearson rank correlation test. Finally, an ANOVA was conducted using DS-II as the categorical variable and PHQ-9 as the continuous variable and using PHQ-9 as the categorical variable and DS-II as the continuous variable.
resultsThere is a positive association between demoralization and depression. A special case that patients with high demoralization but low depression was discovered, which accounted for a large proportion.
conclusionDemoralization and depression are two different psychological states, which require medical staff to identify and take corresponding intervention measures in time. Patients with high demoralization but low depression require further attention.
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